Australian Mesothelioma Register Report 2002 - Safe Work Australia

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Table 18NUMBER OF WORK-RELATED, MESOTHELIOMA CASES ASSOCIATEDWITH A PAST EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS IN AUSTRALIA, 1997-1999Asbestos<strong>Work</strong>-relatedexposure Unknown Yes No TotalUnknown 536 43 7 586Yes 52 503 12 567Possibly 37 57 3 97No 8 31 3 42Total 633 634 25 129223
APPENDIX AASBESTOS EXPOSURES AS DOCUMENTED IN THE AUSTRALIANMESOTHELIOMA REGISTERFROM 1 JANUARY 1986 TO 31 DECEMBER 2001Circumstances of exposure Single exposure With otherexposureTotalexposuresAcoustic engineer 1 0 1Air-conditioning 13 14 27Aircraft 11 5 16Armed forces / wartime 29 19 48Armed forces / peacetime 7 3 10Asbestos bagging (not Wittenoom) 8 4 12Asbestos bags – handled which hadcontained asbestos8 0 8Asbestos clothing worn 9 4 13Asbestos covers for cooking 3 0 3Asbestos dwelling/fence –built/renovated71 14 85Asbestos dwelling – lived in 29 9 38Asbestos products factory – lived near 11 2 13Asbestos products factory – worked near 11 0 11Asbestos mine – worked / lived near -(not Wittenoom)Asbestos product handled in theworkplace13 7 2045 9 54Asbestos product manufacturer - worked 107 39 146Asbestos product part of workplace orsurrounds50 13 63Asbestos tailings – played on as a child 10 4 14Asbestos / or products worker – livedwith/washed clothes47 6 53Bakery (ovens) 3 0 3Boilermaker / cleaner / attendant /installer / welder86 62 148Brake linings – made/ repaired 59 19 78Brewery 1 0 1Bricklayer 15 5 20Brickworks 8 3 11Builder / builder’s labourer 197 43 240Carpenter / joiner 234 49 283Cement factory worker 20 2 2224
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